New Forms Festival: I'm Not Wedded to the Pain; Ritual as Resistance Technology
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Moderated by John Twells, executive editor of FACT Magazine, the panel included Purple Tape Pedigree founder Val Bertelsen, photographer Richard R Ross, and musicians dreamcrusher, YATTA, Lana Del Rabies, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, Dis Fig, and Via App. Their conversation focused on the role of record labels in supporting artistic communities, the precarity of artist-run spaces, the healing properties of noise, and the rituals they perform to prepare for performance. The panel concluded with a question and answer period.
Presented as part of New Forms Festival.
Video documentation available upon request.
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